Industrial Revolution Test

In the late 1700s, the Industrial Revolution developed in Britain because Britain

• possessed key factors of production

• excluded foreign investors

• suppressed the enclosure movement

• required a minimum wage be paid to workers

During the Industrial Revolution, locating factories near concentrations of natural resources and transportation routes most directly promoted

• annexations and unequal treaties

• migration and urbanization

• legislative reforms and formation of unions

• communal fields and domestic system

Which geographic feature most aided England during the Industrial Revolution?

• desert climate

• natural harbors

• mountainous terrain

• monsoon winds

During the 1800s, the writings of Marx, Engels, and Dickens focused attention on the problems faced by

• factory owners

• farm laborers

• investment bankers

• industrial workers

The belief that workers of the world would unite to overthrow their oppressors is central to

• Social Darwinism

• conservatism

• Marxism

• Laissez-faire capitalism

One way in which the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain in the 18th century and the potato blight in Ireland in the 19th century are similar is that they both led directly to

• significant human migrations

• more equitable distribute of wealth

• growth in the number of subsistence farmers

• rapid increases in food production

In the early 18th century, the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain resulted in urbanization because

• enslaved persons replaced free laborers on farms

• factory work strengthened extended families

• displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs

• the middle class decreased in size

Which pair of natural resources were used to change transportation and manufacturing in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution.

• gold and salt

• copper and tin

• diamonds and petroleum

• coal and iron ore

What was a result of the Industrial Revolution in Europe

• the growth of the middle class

• an increase in nomadic herding

• declie in urban population

• a decrease in international trade

Which written work criticized the capitalist system during the Industrial Revolution?

• Communist Manifesto

• White Man's Burden

• The Wealth of Nations

• The Origin of Species